Recent content by taylorvol

Congrats!

Brian, you are on my prayer list. I’m sorry for your diagnosis but you seem to have a good perspective of things. May God bless you and your family.

A SEC player just entered the portal. In SEC play, he hit .312, 7 HRs, 11 doubles, with an OPs of .988 and slugging % of .624. He plays LF, 3B, 1B, and can C? Do we want him? It’s Bargo. Everyone in the SEC would jump to take him IF he could enter the portal. (I took this idea from TOS...

Great example!

They receive full scholarships just like the others. The ~$200K would be projected costs of tuition and related university costs of an athlete over 4 years. I mentioned revenue sharing because it’s an additional expense for the athletic dept.

Great question. I think with revenue sharing, Danny White is looking to cut costs wherever he can. The DSA designation gives you a free roster spot for up to 4 years—-huge competitive advantage but figure it’s potentially $200K cost per DSA over their career (depending if they stay the full 4...

I think that would be a great backup plan but I’d be sure during the exit interview to confirm with the coaching staff that they have a spot if they don’t get drafted.

Yes, it was Ben McKee on Basilio yesterday. I heard the podcast. McKee provides great BaseVol coverage.

Agreed 100%. Bargo is all heart and gave his all for TN. It doesn’t sound like CTV will make a roster spot for him. I‘m really disappointed. Bargo can’t transfer and is in a real bind unless he signs a FA deal. I expect Chapman will come back unless he signs a Free Agent deal. I was hoping...

He will forever be a Vol legend and will be uber successful in business in Knoxville. Reminds me a little of Evan Russell. I hope he does well with the Royals and postpones his business career!

I think you‘re mixing my points up with others. All in all, it’s an interesting debate and I enjoy hearing perspectives—especially when they are expressed with maturity as yours have been. My opinion is: 1) The 2025 team didn’t fail. After experiencing huge attrition to MLB, they had a great...

CTV is going to praise high performers on the field. Just because Doyle and Fischer are elite players, it doesn’t make them leaders. 2 hugely different things. I think it’s exceptionally difficult for a once a week starting pitcher to be a leader. Fischer is an elite talent, extremely...

CTV commented several times how Bargo became more vocal and was getting in the ear of his teammates. I personally saw it myself.

Sometime’s I’d rather not know how some of the sausage is made. It’s definitely a business and the clubhouse can be messy, but I guess the same could be said for most boardrooms and offices. 🍊👍👍👊👊😀😀🍊🍊👊. I firmly believe that you have to be a good teammate to be a good leader. It’s not all...

Yes sir. And I can’t imagine how grating and annoying it is on the core players when they see fans drooling over a Jeremy Giambi type of player who is all about himself and his stats. Team guys and glue guys are so underrated and under appreciated by most fans. Give me more of the Hunter...